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CHAPTER LIII. 
THE MINIATURE BLACK-AND-TAN 
“Thou, happy creature, art secure 
From all the torments we endure ; 
Despair, ambition, jealousy, 
Lost friends, nor love, disquiet thee ; 
A sullen prudence drew thee hence 
From noise, fraud, and impertinence. 
Though life essayed the surest wile, 
Gilding itself with Laura’s smile ; 
MINIATURE BLACK-AND-TAN 
TERRIER. 
THE 
BY F. C. HIGNETT. 
NTIL quite recently this variety was 
known as the Black-and-tan Toy, 
but for obvious reasons, chief of 
which was probably because there were 
other breeds of the same conjunction of 
colours which ranked as toys, the Kennel 
Club rightly deemed it advisable to change 
the nomenclature in the classification of 
breeds by the addition of the word terrier 
and the substitution of ‘“ miniature” for 
“Toy.” 
To all intents and purposes, except in 
the matter of size, the general appearance 
and qualifications of these beautiful and 
diminutive creatures should be as nearly 
like the larger breed as possible, for the 
standard of points applies to both varieties, 
with the proviso that erect, or what are 
commonly known as tulip ears, of semi- 
erect carriage, are permissible in the minia- 
tures. There can be no doubt, however, 
that in the near future the same conditions 
will, in their entirety, apply to both, for it 
is noticeable that such as possess small, 
well-carried drop ears are more favourably 
looked upon, if they are as good in other 
respects, than their tulip or bat-eared rela- 
tives. 
The officially recognised weight for the 
TERRIER AND THE TOY BULL-TERRIER. 
How didst thou scorn life’s meaner charms, 
Thou who couldst break from Laura's 
arms | 
Poor Cynic! still methinks I hear 
Thy awful murmurs im my ear ; 
As when on Laura’s lap you lay, 
Chiding the worthless crowd away.” 
Roscommon. 
variety is given as ‘‘ under seven pounds,” 
but none of the most prominent present-day 
winners reach anything like that weight ; 
some in fact are little more than half of it, 
and the great majority are between 4 lb. 
and 5 lb.; such as are heavier stand a poor 
chance at the shows. It rarely happens, 
however, that breeding from the lightest 
bitches can be carried out successfully, and, 
assuming that they are toy bred, from 7 lb. 
to g lb. is the safest weight ; while with 
the object of keeping the progeny as small 
as possible the least of the opposite sex are 
preferred. | 
Bolton and its environs enjoy the reputa- 
tion of being the locality from which most 
of the best specimens have emanated; 
thanks to the zealous efforts of the Mitchells, 
Tom Dyer, and a few others, who persistently 
bred them before dog-showing became such 
a general hobby as it has grown to be within 
the last twenty years. Very much of their 
success was directly attributable to the 
noted sire Sir Bevis, and the ancestry of 
many present-day winners can be traced in 
a direct line to him. Another old timer is 
Dr. Morris, of Rochdale, whose Excel and 
Truth were victorious in many a hard-fought 
though bloodless battle. Mr. John Martin, of 
Salford, also obtained considerable notoriety 
by the successes credited to his Minnie, 
and Mr. Wilkinson, of Huddersfield, a well- 
known judge, has been for many years, 
